Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] had a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about half past eleven I had a telephone call — I was in bed but I have an extension in my room for emergencies . |
| 2 | Not long after that I had a letter addressed to Miss Eliza , The house next to the Smithy , Rustington . |
| 3 | After that I had a fear of water , especially the sea , but I learned to live with it and even became a good swimmer . |
| 4 | Despite this I had a lot of fun , until my mother replaced him with another pony that Brian could manage , and I gave up hunting . |
| 5 | Occasionally when she was wearing this she had a trick of lifting it like wings , or ruffling it as if it was her real plumage , and she 'd declare : ‘ My dears , I am preparing for The Flight — into Egypt , to the islands , to the New World — who knows ! ’ |
| 6 | Sunday afternoon , remembering in between this you had a mile home again for Sunday dinner , and back again in the afternoon for Sunday School . |
| 7 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 8 | Not just having a majority in parliament to govern you and that was being described at that particular time by the Tory government that their majority would be adequate they had a majority of twenty one . |
| 9 | It was clear he had a problem . |
| 10 | In the early eighteenth century about twenty families lived there , and according to the census of 1801 it had a population of 137 [ Baker , 2 , 720 ] . |
| 11 | Whenever she felt nervous she had a tendency to chatter , but there was no need to give chapter and verse . |
| 12 | No wonder the police had given Wheeler a roasting about security ; it was amazing they had a piece of altar silver to bless themselves with . |
| 13 | At the second he had a bogey five to James 's three and was five strokes adrift . |
| 14 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he said , ‘ the other ferryman , you sad he had a widow . |
| 15 | Oh right that 's right you had a deli did n't you ? |
| 16 | I 'm glad I had a word with Steve though |
| 17 | I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . |
| 18 | Although I could not see his face , there was something unpleasing about him and I was glad I had a weapon . |
| 19 | When I was younger I had a sort of affinity with Peter O'Toole , but I did n't mix with actors much . |
| 20 | ‘ When I was in grade three I had a crush on this really big guy . |
| 21 | Er number three I had a phone call , oh I forgot the term planner . |
| 22 | Some well I myself I was lucky I had a job with my brother in law , he was working there on the railway and he knew them well . |
| 23 | Moved by an ancient sentiment as she cradled the dress , so that it lolled in her arms like someone drowned , she said that she was glad she had a daughter to wear it ; and I said , politely , that I could see it must be a pleasing economy . |
| 24 | They were seated by one of the windows , and Paige was glad she had a head for heights . |
| 25 | Next morning the ward was so hectic that Juliet was glad she had a half-day , and relieved that she could go to Nigel 's party without having to persuade someone to change shifts with her . |
| 26 | The woman was lucky she had a perm in then this morning ? |
| 27 | I first discovered I had a breech baby at 30 weeks and by 36 weeks it was obvious she had a mind of her own and was going to stay that way . |
| 28 | You 'd go to you 'd go to bed in a well if you were lucky you had a nightshirt or even in your own shirt that you was , as a young man you would . |
| 29 | He said that in 1975 we had a referendum in which it was suggested that it was an economic and trade rather than a political matter . |
| 30 | They had Nelson Mandela giving a rally at two in the afternoon on the steps of City Hall or wherever it was , and at three they had a colour photograph of him out on the streets . |